TY - BOOK AU - Mayers,David Allan TI - The ambassadors and America's Soviet policy SN - 9780195361797 AV - E183.8.S65 M373 1995eb U1 - 327.73047 20 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Ambassadors KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Soviet Union KW - Ambassadeurs KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - URSS KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Government KW - International KW - bisacsh KW - International Relations KW - General KW - fast KW - Diplomatic relations KW - gtt KW - Buitenlandse politiek KW - Foreign relations KW - Relations extérieures KW - Diplomacy KW - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-322) and index; United States Chiefs of Mission in St. Petersburg and Moscow; Introduction; I: Before Moscow; 1. St. Petersburg and the U.S. Diplomatic Tradition; 2. From Comity to Estrangement; 3. War and Revolution; II: In Stalin's Time; 4. Preparing for Moscow; 5. Purges and the Failure of Collective Security; 6. Fragile Coalition; 7. Neither War Nor Peace; III: Great Power Rivalry; 8. After Stalin; 9. Controlled Rivalry; 10. Collapse and the Art of Diplomacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z N2 - This is the first comprehensive consideration of the roles played by American diplomats in shaping US strategy and popular attitudes toward the Soviet Union throughout its 75-year history UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=169629 ER -